Structure and function of bacterial communities emerging from different sources under identical conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 212-220

  Langenheder, Silke ^a   Lindström, Eva S ^a,b   Tranvik, Lars J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENZYMES; GENES; RNA;

AQUATIC HABITATS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION (BCC); RESPIRATION;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON; FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; POLYMORPHISM; RESPIRATION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEDIMENT; TREE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BENZOIC ACID; BIOMASS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 33644850614     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.212-220.2006     Document Type: Article

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